English speaking tour guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30 am.

Visit Tiananmen Square - The biggest downtown Square of the world. Take a stroll in the square.

From the north end of Tiananmen Square, we will enter the Forbidden City -also called Palace Museum, is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Rectangular in shape, Forbidden City is the world's largest palace complex. Visit Forbidden City along the central axis from south to north for 1.5 to 2 hours.

Take a Chinese Herbal Medicine class for about 40 minutes before lunch.
Drugs that the Chinese medicine uses are usually plants, so it usually called Chinese herbal medicine.
In Chinese people's process of fighting with the disease for thousands of years, rich medical knowledge was gradually accumulated through the practice and understanding.
These medical knowledge be passed by apprentice dictation first, and then were written down in books, which helped the medical knowledge spread fast and farther.

After lunch in a local restaurant, we will drive 30 minutes to Summer Palace - 20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing. Summer Palace is the largest imperial garden of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290 hectares including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions, towers, etc. Take sightseeing in this beautiful garden for one hour and twenty minutes.

Taste Chinese tea, enjoy Chinese tea ceremony and have a rest in a local tea house.
China is the hometown and birthplace of Chinese tea.
Being the national drinks of China, tea have a history of four to five thousand years.
Tea culture is one of the specific representative of Chinese culture.

Proceed to visit the Olympic Park. As the major venue of the 2008 Olympic Games, the Olympic Park contains three areas including the Forest Park in the north, major venue and supporting facilities area in the center and the completed stadiums and the reserved area. The completed stadiums contains the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), National Swimming Center (Water Cube) and the National Indoor Stadium (Folding Fans). Take an outside view of the venues.

We will transfer you back to hotel after the whole day tour.

Breakfast, Lunch

Beijing: Ming Tombs, Lunch, Badaling Great Wall

Day 3.

Be picked up from hotel at 08:30 am.

Drive 1.5 hours to the Ming Tombs. Ming Tombs is the final resting place of 13 Ming Dynasty emperors, along with 23 empresses and a number of concubines. It has a history of over 600 years. Surrounded by mountains on three sides,

the Ming Tombs features splendid landscape.
Chang Ling (the Tomb of Chang) was built by the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty in 1409 AD. Chang Ling is the largest tomb in architectural scale. The hall of Chang Ling is the largest structure of nanmu wood in China.
Visit Changling for 1 hour.

On the way to restaurant, we will visit a large scale jadeware processing factory. Jade culture is one important part of Chinese culture. We hope foreign travelers can get a glimpse of Chinese Jade culture during this stop. Thousands of pieces of jade, jewelry and handicraft articles are exhibited, from small bracelet to huge carving. An open workshop is available to demonstrate Jade carving, which enable customers to get some knowledge of Chinese jade carving processes. Visit time is around 40 minutes.

Move on to the famous Badaling Great Wall. The Great Wall was built and maintained between the 7th century BC and 17th century BC. It was originally built to protect the empire from northern invaders. The Great Wall stretches through the countryside over deserts, hills and plains for 8,851.8 kilometers.
Badaling was built in 1505 during the Ming Dynasty. This section of the Great Wall is the best preserved and most visited one. It is 7600 meters long and 1000 meters above sea level,commanding a strategic position in ancient times.
Take sightseeing on Badaling Great Wall for about 2 hours.

Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour.

Breakfast, Lunch

Beijing Hutong, Temple of Heaven, Lunch, Beijing-Xian

Day 4.

Be picked up from hotel at 08:30 am.

Visit Beijing Hutong. Hutongs are lanes or alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard). Most of them were built during the Yuan (1206-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties surrounding the Forbidden City. Many famous operas and dramas are based on the themes of hutong life. Man-power rickshaw is arranged for you to feel the Hutong of Beijing.

Proceed to visit Temple of Heaven. Built in 1420 during Ming Dynasty, Temple of Heaven is the best preserved and largest sacrificial building complex in the world. The emperor came to the temple every winter to pray for ample harvests and good weather. Strictly built on the basis of philosophical requirements, the temple in many ways features the relationship between Heaven and Earth.
Visit Temple of Heaven for 1 hour.

After Lunch, be transferred to airport to connect flight to Xian.
Xian Tour guide and private vehicle will meet you at Xian airport. Transfer your to the hotel.

Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses -the Eighth Wonder of the World. More than 6,000 different looking pottery figures depict the history of the Qin Dynasty from 221 BC-206 BC.

Move on to appreciate the imperial garden of Tang Dynasty- Huaqing Hot Spring - a palace since the Tang Dynasty, the resort place of many emperors in ancient.

Then to visit the Forest of Stone Steles Museum -a classical courtyard styled structure with the oldest and richest collection of steles in China.

Taste local Dumpling Banquet -traditional food for Chinese New Year. It is a must taste food in China.

Enjoy Tang Dynasty Show -performance of Chang'an music and dances that was originated in the Tang dynasty over a thousand years ago. The musicians present the music with the Tang-dynasty-style musical instruments. You will enjoy a national art that reflects the glory and richness of the Tang Dynasty era.

Be transferred back to your hotel.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Great Mosque, Provincial Museum, City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Day 6.

Be picked up from your hotel at 08:30 am.

Visit the Great Mosque -the largest and best-preserved mosques of China, which serves as an important spot for religious activities of over 60,000 Muslims in Xi'an.

Visit the Provincial Museum -a magnificent architectural complex in the Tang Dynasty style. It is the first huge state museum with modern facilities in China.

Move on to visit the City Wall - the best preserved, oldest and largest ancient city defense system in China. The wall has a history of over 600 years.

Then we will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda -Originally built in 652 of Tang Dynasty, the pagoda is functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang. Now it is Landmark of the xian.

Be transferred back to your hotel.

Breakfast, Lunch

Xian - Guilin, Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, Seven Star Park

Day 7.

Be transferred to airport to connect flight to Guilin.

Arriving in Guilin, be met and transferred to your hotel with private vehicle and tour guide.

Have private city tour in this scenery city. Visit Reed Flute Cave -Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" contains beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.

Then we will visit Elephant Trunk Hill -the symbol of Guilin, looks like a giant elephant with a long trunk.

Visit Seven Star Park - the biggest park in Guilin.

Be transferred back to your hotel.

Breakfast, Lunch

Li River Cruise, YangShuo, Guilin

Day 8.

Pick up from your hotel in the morning.

Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier (about 1 hour drive) for a 4.5 hours wonderful Li River cruise with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffaloes, cows wondering around on both sides of the riverbank.

Disembark at the one thousand year old town YangShuo -one-thousand-year-old town, a lovely and relaxing place to break a journey and to soak up some of China's most beautiful scenery in the afternoon.

Have a short exploration to the old town before to be transferred back to Guilin city.

Breakfast, Lunch

Guilin - Shanghai, Town God's Temple, Yu Garden, Yu Market

Day 9.

Transfer to airport to connect flight to Shanghai.

Arrive in Shanghai. Be met and transferred to your hotel.

After a short rest in hotel, take a city tour to visit Town God's Temple.

Visit Yu Garden -one of the best Suzhou-style gardens in southern China, and Yu Market.

Visit Jade Buddha Temple. Built in 1882, Jade Buddha Temple has 2 jade statues of the Sakyamuni Buddha, one seated and one reclining. The seated Buddha is 1.9 meters tall and was carved out of a single piece of white jade, wearing a robe inlaid with precious jewels. The temple also houses a number of ancient sculptures, rare paintings and Buddhist scriptures.

Then we will visit Nanjing Road. Nanjing Road is one of the most famous and bustling business streets in the world. It is also called Chinese First Business Street. It is the window for Shanghai to open to the world and also shopping paradise for people at home and abroad.

After lunch, move on to Oriental Pearl TV Tower -the world's third tallest TV and radio tower, which combines ancient concepts with 21st Century technology.

Then visit the Bund. The Bund, also called Zhongshan Road, is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. The most famous and attractive sights are the 52 various buildings of different architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance, which are also located at the west side of the Bund. The Bund was the centre of Shanghai's politics, economy and culture hundreds of years ago, consulates of most countries. Many banks, businesses and newspaper offices were settled there, and that's why we have these art-like buildings
Have a short Cruise on Huangpu River.

Enjoy Acrobatic Show in the evening.

Be transferred back to the hotel after the performance.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Departure

Day 11.

Be picked up from your hotel, transferred to the airport to connect the flight for departure.

Service package includes:
-Hotels in each city as mentioned;
-Domestic flights as listed;
-Private car or van in each city (air-conditioned);
-English-speaking tour guides;
-All meals mentioned in the itinerary;
-Admission fee of mentioned attractions in the itinerary;
-Fuel, Parking, Expressway cost.

Price excludes

-China visa fee;
-International air tickets and International airport tax;
-Meals unless specified;
-Personal expense;
-Gratuities to guides and drivers;
-Items not listed in the itinerary.

Hotel of this tour:

City

Deluxe

Standard

Comfort

Beijing

Capital Hotel

Holiday Inn Temple of Heaven

Red Wall Hotel

Xian

Sofitel Xian on Renmin Square

Xian Hotel

City Hotel

Guilin

Sheraton Guilin Hotel

Plaza Hotel Guilin

Hotel Universal Guilin

Shanghai

Grand Central Hotel Shanghai

Central Hotel Shanghai

Pacific Hotel Shanghai

Friendly Note from Beijingservice.com1. This tour is arranged for you exclusively with private car, driver and English speaking tour guide.
2. The sunshine is very strong in summer time of Beijing. Sunglass is useful.
3. Photograph is not permitted in some area. Our tour guide will give you notice.
4. A pair of soft and comfortable shoes is helpful when you walk in attractions.
5. Beijingservice team lists the exact cost of each person from 1 to 10 persons. This will help you to cut down cost if you have more persons. Please contact us for a special cost if you have more than 10 persons.
6. One Chinese arts shop is arranged for each tour date. We have 40 minutes at each shopping place.
You may enjoy the exhibition of Chinese local arts and do some shopping as Chinese souvenir or gift.
All shopping places are well selected by our company and permitted by tourism bureau.
Travelers do not need to worry about fake. And there is NO press on shopping.
7. We will arrange a boat cruise on Kunming lake in Summer Palace from May to October.